On 8/16/2010 10:19 PM, Suhag P Desai wrote:
I gone throughhttp://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/RuleUpdates
Below is my version..
SpamAssassin Server version 3.2.5
running on Perl 5.8.8
with SSL support (IO::Socket::SSL 1.31)
with zlib support (Compress::Zlib 2.024)
I have two directories.. under /var/lib/spamassassin
3.002005 3.003001
But when I list the directories then it shows that the last update was done
on 24th July 2010. I am wondering that since 24th july there is no update
from SA.
Please someone clarify..
You are running SpamAssassin 3.2.5. The entire 3.2.x branch is now
"legacy" and as a result its ruleset is now stable. It will only be
updated to fix severe issues such as RBL shutdowns, etc.
In general, when a new branch is released, the previous branch enters
rule stability shortly afterwards. The current release is 3.3.1 (so
we've released two builds in the 3.3.x branch).
(It should be noted that sa-update only updates rules, not the code base)
This "limited updates" policy for outdated branches actually makes
sense for multiple reasons.
1) Those who really want an updated version of SA would have upgraded to
3.3.x shortly after release. Anyone wanting a highly stable, rarely
changing, version of SA would be running the prior release.
2) backporting rules to 3.2.x involves extra testing, which drains
developer resources from the current release.
3) those running the old code are often subject to code-based accuracy
problems that cannot be fixed by a rule update. (ie: the HTML parsers,
etc.) If you can live with the code issues, you should be able to live
with a stable ruleset.
